10 Health Benefits of Chives
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C H I V E S
T R E A T S D I G E S T I V E P R O B L E M S
EATING CHIVES IS BENEFICIAL TO YOURDIGESTIVE TRACT BECAUSE OF ITS
ABUNDANCE IN DIETARY FIBER, WHICHCLEANSES THE GUT AND PROMOTES
PROPER WASTE EXCRETION. THIS HERBALSO CONTAINS ALLYL SULFIDES
(SIMILARLY FOUND IN GARLIC) THATTREAT DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS SUCH AS
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.
C H I V E S
P R E V E N T S B O N E D E T E R I O R A T I O N
CHIVES ARE ONE OF THE RICHESTSOURCES OF VITAMIN K WHICH PLAYS AN
IMPORTANT ROLE IN BONE HEALTH.VITAMIN K REDUCES BONE LOSS AND
DECREASES THE RISK OF FRACTURES, SOEATING A GOOD HELPING OF CHIVES WILLPROVIDE YOU WITH ENOUGH VITAMIN K
TO MAINTAIN YOUR BONE INTEGRITY.
C H I V E S
R E D U C E S H I G H B L O O D P R E S S U R E
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT CHIVES AREEFFECTIVE IN MAINTAINING NORMAL
BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG HYPERTENSIVEPEOPLE. ALLICIN, AN ACTIVE COMPOUNDFOUND IN CHIVES, HELPS PREVENT THE
OBSTRUCTION OF BLOOD VESSELS,PROMOTES PROPER BLOOD CIRCULATIONAND OXYGENATION OF THE ORGANS, AND
DECREASES THE RISK OF CORONARYARTERY DISEASE AND STROKE.
C H I V E S
M A I N T A I N S E Y E H E A L T H
THIS HERB IS ALSO AN EXCELLENTSOURCE OF VITAMIN A AND ZEAXANTHIN,
WHICH KEEP THE EYES HEALTHY ANDPREVENT DEGENERATIVE EYE DISEASES
AND CATARACTS AS YOU AGE.
C H I V E S
S T R E N G T H E N S T H E I M M U N E S Y S T E M
CHIVES CONTAIN PLENTY OF VITAMIN C,AN EXCELLENT IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOSTER
THAT IMPROVES THE BODY’S DISEASE-FIGHTING ABILITIES. IT ALSO DETOXIFIES
THE BODY BY ELIMINATING HARMFULFREE RADICALS WHILE REPAIRING WORN-OUT CELLS, TISSUES, BLOOD VESSELS, AND
MUSCLES.
C H I V E S
E N S U R E S A H E A L T H Y B A B Y
PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULDINCORPORATE CHIVES INTO THEIR DAILY
MEALS SINCE THIS HERB CAN PREVENTBIRTH DEFECTS. IT CONTAINS FOLATE, AN
ESSENTIAL VITAMIN FOR THE PROPERDEVELOPMENT OF THE BABY’S NERVOUS
SYSTEM. FOLATE ALSO PREVENTS NEURALTUBE DEFECTS WHICH HAPPEN TO BABIES
WITH FOLATE DEFICIENCY.
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C U R E S F U N G A L I N F E C T I O N S
CHIVES ALSO POSSESS ANTIFUNGALPROPERTIES. WHEN THE LEAVES ARE
MADE INTO A POULTICE AND APPLIEDTOPICALLY, IT CAN CURE FUNGAL
INFECTIONS SUCH AS ATHLETE’S FOOT,TINEA UNGUIUM, AND RINGWORM.
C H I V E S
C O M B A T S C A N C E R
HERBS LIKE CHIVES CONTAINFLAVONOIDS THAT HAVE ANTIOXIDANT,
ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIVIRAL, ANDANTICANCER PROPERTIES. THE
FLAVONOID QUERCETIN INHIBITS THEGROWTH OF CANCER CELLS IN THE
COLON, STOMACH, PANCREAS, BLADDER,AND OVARIES.
C H I V E S
D E T O X I F I E S T H E B O D Y
THE BUILDUP OF TOXINS IN THE BODYCAN CAUSE AND WORSEN DEADLY
DISEASES. THE ANTIOXIDANTS IN CHIVESDETOXIFY THE BODY BY GETTING RID OF
TOXINS, FLUIDS, FAT, AND SALTS.
C H I V E S
H E L P S T H E B O D Y F U N C T I O N P R O P E R L Y
EATING CHIVES WILL PROVIDE YOU WITHPLENTY OF B-VITAMINS SUCH AS
RIBOFLAVIN, NIACIN, THIAMIN, ANDPANTOTHENIC ACID THAT CONVERTS THEDIGESTED FOOD INTO READILY ABSORBED
NUTRIENTS, MAINTAIN HEALTHY SKINAND HAIR, AND KEEP THE BODY UP AND
RUNNING.